"tartar" meaning in English

See tartar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɑː.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-tartar.wav Forms: tartars [plural]
enPR: tärʹ-tər [General-American], tärʹ-tər [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) Etymology: From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|tartre}} Old French tartre, {{der|en|ML.|tartarum}} Medieval Latin tartarum, {{der|en|gkm|τάρταρον}} Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), {{der|en|ar|دُرْدِيّ}} Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tartar (countable and uncountable, plural tartars)
  1. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (red compound deposited during wine making): винен камък (vinen kamǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tàrtar [masculine] (Catalan), tartrà [masculine] (Catalan), viinikivi (Finnish), tartre [masculine] (French), sarro [masculine] (Galician), sarrio [masculine] (Galician), madre [feminine] (Galician), Weinstein [masculine] (German), gruma [feminine] (Italian), tartaro [masculine] (Italian), taso (Italian), faecula [feminine] (Latin), درد (dord) (Persian), kamień winny [masculine] (Polish), tártaro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tartar-en-noun-B3aYtLjo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 21 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 36 13 15 14 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 13 16 14 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'red compound deposited during wine making': 97 3
  2. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dental hygiene
    Sense id: en-tartar-en-noun-iSs2mxIJ Disambiguation of Dental hygiene: 26 58 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cream of tartar, cream of tartar bread, salt of tartar, tartar emetic, tartarous
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɑː.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-tartar.wav Forms: tartars [plural]
enPR: tärʹ-tər [General-American], tärʹ-tər [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ) Etymology: From figurative use of Tartar. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tartar (plural tartars)
  1. (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person. Tags: dated Derived forms: tartar sauce
    Sense id: en-tartar-en-noun-KxgLdIV1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-tartar.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tarter"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vinen kamǎk",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "винен камък"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tàrtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tartrà"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "word": "viinikivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tartre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sarro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sarrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "madre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weinstein"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tartaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "word": "taso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faecula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dord",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "word": "درد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kamień winny"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "red compound deposited during wine making",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tártaro"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:Pelagonius"
  ],
  "word": "tartar"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Dental hygiene"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tartar sauce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From figurative use of Tartar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tartars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tartar (plural tartars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tar‧tar"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 28:",
          "text": "Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fearsome or angrily violent person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fearsome",
          "fearsome"
        ],
        [
          "violent",
          "violent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "tärʹ-tər",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "tärʹ-tər",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑː.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Gibraltar Rocks-tartar.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tarter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tartar"
}

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